Setting-up device for document-binders.



W. R. WOODWARD & F. E. CROMPTUN.

SETTING-UP DEVICE FOR DOCUMENT BINDERS.

APPLICATION I'ILBD JAN.31,1913.

1,078,979. Patented Nov. 18, 1913. I

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SETTING-UP DEVICE FOR DOCUMENT BINDBRS.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED JAN.31,1913.

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SIGNORS TO THE SIGNATURE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SETTING-UP DEVICE FOR DOCUMENT-BINDERS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 31, 1913.

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Serial No. 745,383.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM It. 001)- wane and F RANK E. Cnoarrtroiv, both citi- Zens of the United States, and residents of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Setting-Up Device for Document-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a setting-up device for document binders and is intended for use in connection with machines for si multaneously writing a plurality of signatures, such as the signagraph. To facilitate the work of these machines it is necessary to set up a number of single documents in a suitable binder so that the signature portions of the documents may be properly spaced for the pens and the whole handled as a single sheet of paper. Our invention is intended to facilitate this setting-up of documents, such as checks, stock certificates, warrants, etc., in temporary binders, from which they may be stripped as soon as the signatures have been affixed.

In describing the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan; Fig. 2 is a right sectional elevation about on line X -X of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a document binder; Fig. 5 is a front sectional elevation about on line YY; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified or alternative form of index finger.

The device comprises a bed which is preferably made of a metal strip 1 and a wooden shelf or leaf portion 2, which are secured together by strips or battens 3 and which are provided with rubber feet 1. The wooden portion of the bed, on the edge which abuts against the metal strip, is thicker than the metal strip, so that a recess 5 is formed to receive the document binders.

A suitable form of binder is shown in Figs. 3 and 1. It consists of a base 6, which is in the form of a long, narrow, thin, metallic strip, which has a plurality of gripping springs 7, the free ends of which rest over holes 8. Our device is designed to raise these springs and to hold them locked in a raised position while the documents are being placed under them and then to simultaneously release all the springs and allow them to grip the documents.

The metal portion of the bed has near each of its ends a bracket 9. These brackets serve as side stops for the binders. In the recessed portion :3 of the bed there are a plurality of pins 10, which are made to register with the holes 8 of the binders. In using the device a binder is laid in the recess 5 against the brackets 9 with the pins 10 entering the holes 8the binder being given the proper endwise position by means of an end stop pin 11. F 1. shows a binder with a short end up against the pin 11. For a binder such as is shown in Fig. 3, the base 1 would need to be made longer, so that the pin 11 could be placed farther away. A depressor bar 12, having notches 13, which span the gripping springs and pins, is brought down against the binder strip 6, which causes the pins 10 to force the springs open and the binder strip or base is held down in the recess flush or a little below the edge of the recess The depressor bar is mounted for rocking movement to and from the bed, by a pair of arms 11 which are pivoted or hinged by brackets 15 to the bed. The bar 12 is secured to the arms 1 1 by screws 16 and the arms i l have cars 17 which extend over the top of the bar, through which extend adj usting screws 18-the holes through the bar 12 for the screws 16 being slightly enlarged or elongated to permit of a small movement. A horizontal rock-shaft 19 is mounted in the upper ends of the brackets 0. To this shaft is secured a pair of arms 20 which are connected by links 21 to the arms 1:1. The shaft 19 is provided with a handle 22 by means of which it is turned. As shown in Fig. 5 the depressor bar 12 is in its lowest position and one of the arms 20 is resting against a limiting stop 23. Each of the toggles which are formed by the arms 20 and links 21 is straightened and the depressor bar is thereby locked in its downward position and the springs 7 are raised and held open. When in this position the documents (Z are laid on the bed 2 and moved up under the springs 7 against the pins 10.

To secure the proper spacing of the documents and facilitate their insertion under the springs, we provide a series of index fingers 241 which are mounted on a rod 25 on which they are adjustably secured by screws 26. The rod 25 is held in boxes or brackets 27 which are secured to the depressor bar a clamp screw 28. adapted to guide the papers under the ends 12-the middle bracket being provided with These index fingers are of the raised springs-the fingers being formed so as to clear the ends of the springs when a finger is located directly opposite one of the springs, as sometimes happens.

In Fig. 1 three blank documents or sheets of paper (Z are shown in position under the springs 7 their spacing being indicated by the pointers 24: on the horizontal ruling d of the documents.

When the documents or papers are all in position the handle 22 is raised and the shaft 19 is thereby rocked until the depressor'bar is raised as shown in Fig. 2, in whichposition it is held by a latch spring 29, which acts against one of 'the arms 14:. The index fingers will then be in the position indicated by dotted line position24t of Fig. 5. In this position the binder and its secured documents or papers .may be readily removed.

"An" alternative or modified form of index finger 30 is shown in Fig. 6, which is clamped by a screw 31 directly to the depressor bar 12. This finger is cut away at 32 for the gripper springs and it acts the same at the ger 2 1 to indicate the position of the documents and to guide them under the ends of the gripping springs.

By looking the depressor bar with the tog-i gle movement, as explained, that portion of the bed on which the papers are placed is *left entirely free and documents oripapers of any width may'be inserted, no matter whether they overlap as shown in'Fig. 1 or in a reverse direction.

We claim:

1. A setting-up device for a document binder of the character described viz., a

binder having a strip base and aplurality of gr1pp1ng sprlngs secured theretosa1d setting-up device comprising the following elements: a bed having a recess for said blIlClGl base; a plurahty of p1ns 1n sa1d re-i cess, each of 'which is adapted to strike against the free-end of one of said gripping springs; a depressor bar which is adapted to strike against said binderbetween said binde rsaid setting-up device comprising the following elements: a bed, having a re-' cess for sald binder base; a plurality of p1ns 1n SQJClIGCGSS, eachiof WlllCh'lS adapted to binder.

enter one of the holes in said binder base to act against one of saidgripping springs; means, lockable and releasable, for depressing the base portion of said binder, into its recess in said bed .to open said gripping springs and means for indicating the position of documents and guiding said documents under said gripping springs.

3. In a setting-up device for document binders of the character described, the combination of the following elements: abed having a recess adapted to receive the base portion of said document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a depressor bar having notches to receive the springs of said binder and adapted to bear on said binder between said gripping springs; lockable and releasable means for operating said depressor bar to open the gripping springs of said binder; a plurality of index fingers or pointers, which are adapted to serve the double purpose of" indicating the position of documents and as guides to direct said documents under the clamping springs of said 1. In asetting-up device for document binders, the combination of the following elements: a bed having a recess to receive a document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a notched depressor bar, the notches of which are adapted'to span said pins; means for moving said depressor bar to and from the recess in said bed-said moving means being releasably lockable when said depressor bar is in both upward and downward positions. 7

5. In a setting-up device for document binders, the combination of thefollowing elements: a bed having 'a recesstoreceive a document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a depressor bar which is adapted to enter the recess insaid bedbetween said pins; a plurality of index fingers or pointers secured to said depressor bar and meansfor moving said depressor bar to and from the recess in said bed-said moving means being releasably lockable when said depressor bar isin its upward or'its downward position. 7

6. In a document binder setting-up device, the combination of the following'elements: a bedhaving a recess'to receive a document binder; a plurality of pins'in said recess; a depressor bar which is adapted to enter the'recessin said bed between said pins; a plurality of index fingers or pointers adj ustably secured to said depressor bar a shaft mounted in bearings which are secured to said bed; a pair of toggle'links connecting said shaft to said depressor bar said depressor bar to and from said bed.

7.111 a setting-up device for document binders, the combination of the following elements bed 'having a recess to-receive and a handle for rocking said shaft to move a document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a notched depressor bar the notches of which are adapted to span said pins; a pair of arms pivotally connecting said depressor bar to said bed; a plurality of index fingers or pointers adjustably secured to said depressor barsaid fingers serving the double purpose of indicating the position of and guiding documents; a shaft mounted in bearings which are secured to said bed; a pair of toggle links connecting said shaft to said depressor bar; a handle for rocking said shaft to move said depressor bar to and from said bed; a limiting stop for said toggle links and a spring retaining latch which is adapted to hold said depressor bar when it is in an upward position.

8. In a setting-up device for document hinders, the combination of the following elements: a bed having a recess to receive a document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a depressor bar which is adapted to enter said recess between said pins; a plurality of index fingers or pointers secured to said depressor bar-the securing means for the same comprising a rod which is held in boxes attached to said barsaid pointers inclosing and being clampably secured to said rod-and means for moving said depressor bar to and from said bed.

9. In a setting-up device for document binders, the combination of the following elements: a bed formed of a metallic strip and a wooden portion, one edge of said wooden portion being higher than the adjacentedge of the metal portion, whereby a depression or recess is formed in said bed which is adapted to receive a document binder; a plurality of pins in said recess; a depressor bar and means for moving said depressor bar to and from the recess in said bed.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

W M. R. W'OODW'ARD. FRANK E. CROMPTON. Witnesses BEN. S. WILKINS, Glmsrnn IV. HORN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

